Mecklenburg
geographical name
Meck·len·burg
ˈme-klən-ˌbərg
-ˌbu̇rk
region of northeastern Germany southeast of the Jutland Peninsula and east of the Elbe River; in the 18th and 19th centuries divided into the duchies of
Mecklenburg-Schwe*rin
\
-shvā-ˈrēn
\
and
Mecklenburg-Stre*litz
\
-ˈshtrā-ləts
, -ˈstrā-
\
, which became grand duchies in 1815 and states of the Weimar Republic in 1919
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